Sakana AI

Sakana AI is a Tokyo-based AI research startup founded by former Google researchers, including a co-author of the 'Attention Is All You Need' paper. Inspired by nature and collective intelligence, the company focuses on creating efficient AI models through 'Evolutionary Model Merging,' a method that breeds existing models to create superior ones without massive compute. Their groundbreaking 'AI Scientist' automates the entire scientific research process. As Japan's fastest-growing AI unicorn, Sakana AI aims to democratize AI development by moving away from monolithic, energy-intensive architectures toward sustainable, collaborative systems.